South American Coccinellidae (Coleoptera), Part XVII: systematic revision of Western Hemisphere Cephaloscymnini (Coccinellinae) with description of a cryptic new genus and species of Coccidulini (Coccinellinae) Author Gordon, Robert D. Author Hanley, Guy A. text Insecta Mundi 2017 2017-12-29 2017 601 1 158 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5170031 1942-1354 5170031 A5348E25-CC3E-476B-9AD2-0A6C3A37A61A 44. Neaporia mae Gordon and Hanley , new species Description. Male holotype . Length 2.0 mm, width 1.6 mm ; body oval, elytron with side rounded, wider than pronotal base, widest at middle of elytra. Dorsal surface entirely shiny. Color black; pronotum with reflexed lateral margin black; elytron with single yellowish red macula located medially in anterior ½ of elytron ( Fig. 276 ); antenna, legs yellow; mouthparts yellow except apical ½ of terminal maxillary palpomere dark brown; epipleuron reddish brown; abdomen brown. Head punctures large, separated by a diameter or less; pronotal punctures as large as on head, separated by a diameter or less; elytral punctures larger than on pronotum, separated by less than twice a diameter; prosternal, mesosternal punctures large, separated by a diameter or less; metasternum with large punctures along anterior and lateral borders, punctures on remaining surface absent or small, sparse; punctures on abdominal ventrite 1–3 large, separated by less than twice a diameter, punctures on remaining ventrites small, separated by about a diameter. Head densely pubescent, frons widened from vertex to clypeus, slightly wider than eye measured at vertex ( Fig. 278 ); eye canthus short; apical maxillary palpomere short, narrowed to apex in apical 1/3. Pronotum widest at middle, reflexed lateral margin wide, equal in width from base to apex. Epipleuron flat, wide in basal ½, as wide as pronotal hypomeron. Prosternum as wide as long, slightly longer than mesosternum, apical margin truncate, without apparent anterolateral projection. Postcoxal line on ventrite 1 long, rounded, extended 4/5 distance to apical margin of ventrite ( Fig. 277 ). Apex of ventrite 5 widely, shallowly emarginate medially. Genitalia with phallobase short, basal lobe shorter than paramere, wide, parallel sided in basal 3/4, apical 1/4 narrowed to narrowly, deeply emarginate apex; paramere straight, slender in basal 4/5, narrowed to acute apex in apical 1/5, dorsal surface with short, wide projection in basal 1/3, serrations present in apical 1/3 ( Fig. 279, 280 ); sipho slender, apical 1/5 slightly sinuate ( Fig. 281 ). Female. Unknown. Variation . Length 2.0– 2.1 mm . Serrations on dorsal surface of male paramere may be noticeably larger, more distinct than in holotype . Type material. Holotype male; N. E. BOLIVIA : Xylopia sericea , Fogging ; 26.vii.97, Tree 2A – Tray 3, Oquinquia forest , Tierra Prometida, J. G . Davies, BMNH(E) 1998–69. ( BMNH ) . Paratypes ; 2, BOLIVIA : Coripata , 24km . W., P. Spangler. ( USNM ) . Remarks. Neaporia mae is characterized by the elytral color pattern, long postcoxal line on basal abdominal ventrite nearly reaching apical margin of ventrite, and male genital paramere with unique dorsal margin.